Living in Mesa, Arizona I always hear people extolling the great free market credentials of my Congressman Jeff Flake, especially living in his district. I hear people say Flake is even more free-trade than Ron Paul in his voting record. Now comes out a report from the Cato Institute confirming Flake’s free-trade record as scoring a 100% for its “Free Trade, Free Markets: Rating the 108th Congress.” Unfortunately the survey is noticeably silent issues like the war and the USA Patriot Act both which Flake voted “yes.” Exclusion of material aspects of the free market can make anyone look like … Continue reading Too Narrow a Definition of Free-Trade